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title: "Sikkelsprinkhaan"
description: "Phaneroptera falcata — Insecten en spinnen. Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket, is a species of orthopteran belonging to the subfamily Phaneropterinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sickle-bearing-bush-cricket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sikkelsprinkhaan

> Phaneroptera falcata — Insecten en spinnen. Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket, is a species of orthopteran belonging to the subfamily Phaneropterinae.

- Scientific name: *Phaneroptera falcata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 7998
- Wikidata: [Q1064055](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064055)
- iNaturalist taxon: [141737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/141737)

## Names

- en: Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket
- de: Gemeine Sichelschrecke
- fr: Phanéroptère commun
- nl: Sikkelsprinkhaan
- pl: Długoskrzydlak sierposz

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1364), DE (1207), PL (900), FR (592), KR (335), JP (260), AT (253), BE (233), CZ (203), LT (185), UA (113), LU (108)

## Summary

Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket, is a species of orthopteran belonging to the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is mostly herbivorous and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in warm scrub and grasslands areas, also on dry shrubbery and in sand pits and gardens.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaneroptera_falcata

## Photo

![Sikkelsprinkhaan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sickle-bearing-bush-cricket/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilpercy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48539592

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sickle-bearing-bush-cricket?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).